5G - Now is the time to prepare for 5G – Nokia

Now is the time to prepare for 5G – Nokia

The first commercial deployments of 5G networks are just a few years away, approaching fast. Communications Service Providers (CSPs) can gain a substantial competitive advantage by being the first to offer their customers exciting new services enabled by 5G.

In this paper Nokia looks at the steps CSPs can take now. Planning in 2017 to prepare for 5G is best focused on transforming network architecture, upgrading transport, adopting new spectrum and deploying new base station site solutions.